Sudan-born Kamal Elgameil has lived in Sweden since 1991.
Now he is three hours outside Khartoum and will not come home.
– People are very worried, he tells TV4 Nyheterna
On weekdays, he is a doctor at the University Hospital in Malmö and lives with his wife and two children in Lund.
But since February, Kamal Elgameil has been visiting his home country of Sudan, where there is currently fighting between two military phalanxes.
– My wife and children call and are worried, says Kamal Elgameil.
He planned to come home in a week or so, but right now it looks impossible to get home on his own.
“Very serious situation”
Kamal Elgameil is in the city of Madani, three hours south of the capital Khartoum, and is awaiting information from the embassy to know how the evacuation will go and how he will do it.
– I have informed the Swedish embassy in Sudan that I am here and they are keeping us updated. It is a very serious situation and I hope the roads are safe, he says.
Kamal himself has not witnessed the ongoing fighting, but several of his friends and relatives in Khartoum have been affected.
– It affects the whole of civil society. There is a shortage of water, electricity and hospitals are running out of medicines and materials. It is also difficult for ordinary people to get to hospital, says Kamal Elgameil.
Swedish armed forces to Sudan
On Sunday morning, the Riksdag approved the government’s proposal that Sweden should send an armed force to Sudan.
When TV4 Nyheterna contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday evening, they had nothing new to announce regarding the Swedish evacuation effort.
“The government will make a statement about the continued evacuation work when it is deemed appropriate and possible, not least from a security perspective,” writes the Foreign Ministry in an email.